Hook and eye.



PATENTED APR 12, 1904.]

A. q. MILLER. HOOK AND EYE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31 1903.

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A A GALBRAITH MILLER,

Patentean rn 12, 1904 t PATENT OFFICE,

or MUSKEGON, Miomean' HOOK AND EYE.

' v SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 756,876, dated April 12-,- 1904. f

Applioationfilefi lliaroh 81, 1903. Serial No. 150,413. (llo model-1 To. all when?) it ma/y concern: .1

Be it known that I, ANNA GALBRAriH MIL- .LER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident oi Muskegon, inqthe county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented a' new and useful, Improvement in Hooks and Eyes, ofwhich the following-is a specifica-v tion. I i

My-invention relates to an improvement in hooksand eyes, the object being to provide a device of this character which can be. booked and unhooked, with ease and without binding, thus avoiding the necessityof a stoiit pull,

' which will dislocate and tearoff either the v sew ng-g I hook or eye, and yet at the same time to pro-l -vide such a device as will absolutely prevent accidental disengagement. 1 V At'fiirther object is to provide a hook and eye wh ich may be easily and, quickly secured to the material to which it'is applied without My invention also consists in certain'other novel details of construction and combinations of parts such as will be'more fully de-,

scribed hereinafter, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In theacoo'mpanying drawings, Figure 1 is atopplan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view inside elevation.'. Fig.3 is atop, plan" I 5 view of a slight modificational JFig. 4:.is a'view in side elevation of another slight, modifica'-.

tion. Fig. 5 isa top planview thereof; and

' Fig. 6 is'a sideelevation of the form'of hook of skeleton, and of the claws and their man'- ner of attachment, Figs; 4 and 5 showing" a slightly-diiierent [construction from, that shown in Figs. 1, 2', and '3; butin all instances the hook and eye portions per 8a are preciselysimilar. Y I A represents the hook, and B the eye, both of which maybe stamp ed'or otherwise formed from sheet metal; Both the hook and 'eyeare provided with bendable claws l 1, struck out of and integral with the metal of which the trate thematerial to which the hooks an eyes articles are made, the claws "adapted to he:

are attached and be clenched or bent oven-as to economize. the metal ofwhich the articles are'formed. I

The eye B comprises a base portion 2, which shown, in opposite directions, wherebytose- .cure the articles to the material, thusserving may be skeleton, as shown in;Fig.-v 1'," or solid,

as shown in Fig. 3 atB-., Projecting at an angle from this base portion is the'eye-proper,

3, provided with an aperture for the reception of the hook, the object of raisingor bending the eye portion, as at 3, being to permit readily-and easily inserted-in. I

the hook tobe and removed from the eye. The ,hookA comprises a skeleton pr: solid ,base4, provided withthe'j-claws 1 1, bent in opposite directions for securingit to the material, anda main portion; the metal forming similarly to the eye portion. The metal is which-is first bent upwardly slightly, as at 5, p

then formed .into areent'rant b'en'dfi, after: which themeta'l is extended .to form .theeyerest a'ndifinally is formed, into the tongue 7,

provided. with a slight abntment 8, the tongue extending over the raised portion 5,-which [serves-as a'guard; The aperture15," formed between and inclosed by the reentrantxbeiid {Band the'abutment 8, constitutes an ey'e rest or receiver wherein the eye is permitted plenty ofplay, but cannot accidentally disengage 1teye-rest is out Of'alin'ement with the passage J self from the hook, as the entrance 16 to this";

between the tongue and the'guard 5;; Thereem V trant bendalso serves to prevent the accidental- Thereentrant bend is Sshaped, asjsh'owm' mediate and lower members oflthe Sshapd bend being parallel ;with"oneanotherj'."- vTo nnhook the articles, a slight'lateral movement 1 i is necessary to cause the eye to clear the ire .entrantjbend'fi, after which by depressing penetrating the upper fold, clenched and bent downwardly again, and the claws 12 12 pass- 35 sharpened points of claws 14 14..

I abutment and bend inclosingan eye-rest, the

articles toward one another the release of the between the tongue and. guard.

this manner a simple and effective article is 'fication is designed for use primarily when attached is folded, as shown in- Fig. A. The

1 hence I' do not wish to lit the hook and raising the eye and moving the eye from the hook is accomplished, as shown in Fig. 6. Thus it will be seen that the nor mal position of the eye when hooked is out of the direct path to the passage between the re entrant bend and the abutment, or the space The; construction of the articles is such that they may "be easily cut or stamped out of sheet metal by means of machinery, and 111' provided at a small cost. I

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slight modification wherein the base portions of. both hook A" and eye B are made solid.

In, Figs. 4 and is shown a slight modification of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The construction is nearly the same with the exception of the claws andprongs, the eye 15 in thGl'llOdifiCflillOll being provided, in addition to the claws 1- 1', with claws or prongs 11 11 and embracing claws or prongs 12 12 and v the hook A with claws or prongs l3 13' a'nd 14 14.-'in place of the claws 1 1. This modithe material to which-the hooks and eyes are eye is received and contained between. the double folds of clothzor other material, the claws 1 1' penetrating the lower fold and being'clenched therebeneath, the claws 11 11- ing through one thickness of the material and clenched toward one another, as shown in Figs.-

4; and 5. The claws 13 13 'on hook Aiare similarto claws 11 11 on eye B and penee trating' the upper thickness of the material are clenched and thenbent downwardly, .while the claws 14 14 penetratethe lower fold of the material, are clenched thereon, and the ex' treme ends-bent upwardly, so that-the points thereof are received directly beneath the cla 1'3 13, which form a shield and guard f 10 eqsoee It is evident that slight changesfiiflght. made in the form and arrangem eral parts described without dd the spirit and scope of rfi yi i act construction herei I Having thus ruuyie et rg- Wi y aaeifiatag an m s" te n Letters rewrites e a m 3 1 M .1. As ang 't efiffafidhlfiitetuflf tastiest-ear eye, mealts it seenlaeeaaarteaaaeniege and securing the hook and eye, the hook comprising a base,-a guard, .an S-shaped bend, formed of the material of which the hook is made, a tongue and-an abutment formed on the tongue opposite the S-shaped bend, the

with for securingthe members to the matewith the S-shaped s t .5 ,er-ast fl she iyfiggea at era egg g e 1.

eware riri 3 e interest 1% m. t 3 8-3 exit tongue lying over the guard; the paSs'age'between the tongueand guard being out of aline- 5 ment with the passagebetween the abutment and the S-shaped bend.

'2. As an article of manufacture M1001; and eye,'1neans on each member and integral there- 70 rial, the hook comprising a base, a raised guard, an S-lshaped bend and a tongue lying over the guard, the tongue and bend inclosing an eye-rest for the reception of the eye.

3. As an article ,of manufacture, a pair of 75 engaging members,one member provided with.

claws projecting above the base portion of the member and then bent downwardly and prongs projecting downwardly'below thebas'e and then upwardly, the ends of the prongs .re Q ceived within-the space inclosed by the'claws which serve asrguards'for the ends of lthe" prongs. 1 1 I 1 4. Asan article of manufacture, a hook and eye, the base of the eye provided-with upwardlyprojecting claws, embracing claws and downwardly-projecting prongs.

'5. As an article of manufacture, the combi- I natiomwith an eye, of a hook providedwi h? a base, the material of which the hook ishom 9 structed being slightly elevated toftii l l 9 guard connected to the base, an %'h bend extending downwardly from thea tongue, the guard and tongf i'iftfi', eye-rest, the end'of tlre'tonhel lyf guard, the tongue provddd '-ith located opposite and i dxiiifldtely cir formed b eae erfetaire e ea, ens. construete d-gt" "jSfi l b eii d k cfd-Y with eaeste e ai a t t ird? germa e at, are ta as 9: a eats ates 1 easers.

one of the members of the S-shaped bend and terminating in a base, .an; abutment located opand S shaped'b'end inclosing an eye-rest.

9. As an article of manufacture, a hook commembers, a deflected guard extending from posite the s-shaped bend and a tongue over lying the S-shaped bend and parallel with the parallel members of the S-shaped bend,' the abutment and S-shaped bend inclosing an eyerest, the passage between the tongueand S- a shaped bend being outof alinement with the entrance of theeye-rest.

10. As .an article of manufacture,'a hook comprising an S-shaped bend having upper,

Ib intermediate and lower members, a portion of {the material of which the bend is formed constituting a base and a tongue extending over the upper member of the s sh'a'ped bend.

In testimony whereof I have signed this; specification in the presence of two subscrib 

